05-14-2015, 04:37 PM
The ride back to the lodge was quiet and uneventful. The further they got from where they had been, the more distant Aria seemed. He felt as if he was losing something.
Nox was quiet. For once, he wasn't so much with the jokes. Clearly, what had happened unnerved him. It was plain that Aria's being taken weighed on his mind too.
They got back to the lodge and got their things. Silence seemed to envelop them like a cloak, muffling everything. Even when purchasing his ticket at the station, Lucas noticed how soft his voice was, saying just enough to be heard and understood.
The train sat idling, the stink of diesel exhaust and the rumble of the engines seeming to fill the station. Periodically a ding could be hear and then muffled announcements in a few languages, none of which were very intelligible. It didn't really matter anyway. Nox boarded the train and made his way to the back of the car. Lucas followed. For some reason he wanted to be close to Nox. Nox was all he had left of Aria. Nox shared power with the Ascendancy. Lucas wasn't sure what was going to happen, but Nox had to know more than he did.
Still, he didn't sit right next to him. The car wasn't crowded at all and he could of sat in the next row. Instead, Lucas sat in the back, an empty seat between the two of them. He leaned his head back and closed his eyes, trying to quiet his mind for the moment. The trip would be days. There would be time to talk.
For now he just had to....He wasn't sure what he had to do. When the train finally began moving with a jarring lurch, then another, then another soon after that, he felt as if he would be sick. Aria was gone. He swallowed. She was gone. Silently he said a prayer for her, felt the hotness of unshed tears in his closed eyes. And that kernel of anger grew.
Edited by Lucas, May 14 2015, 04:47 PM.
Nox was quiet. For once, he wasn't so much with the jokes. Clearly, what had happened unnerved him. It was plain that Aria's being taken weighed on his mind too.
They got back to the lodge and got their things. Silence seemed to envelop them like a cloak, muffling everything. Even when purchasing his ticket at the station, Lucas noticed how soft his voice was, saying just enough to be heard and understood.
The train sat idling, the stink of diesel exhaust and the rumble of the engines seeming to fill the station. Periodically a ding could be hear and then muffled announcements in a few languages, none of which were very intelligible. It didn't really matter anyway. Nox boarded the train and made his way to the back of the car. Lucas followed. For some reason he wanted to be close to Nox. Nox was all he had left of Aria. Nox shared power with the Ascendancy. Lucas wasn't sure what was going to happen, but Nox had to know more than he did.
Still, he didn't sit right next to him. The car wasn't crowded at all and he could of sat in the next row. Instead, Lucas sat in the back, an empty seat between the two of them. He leaned his head back and closed his eyes, trying to quiet his mind for the moment. The trip would be days. There would be time to talk.
For now he just had to....He wasn't sure what he had to do. When the train finally began moving with a jarring lurch, then another, then another soon after that, he felt as if he would be sick. Aria was gone. He swallowed. She was gone. Silently he said a prayer for her, felt the hotness of unshed tears in his closed eyes. And that kernel of anger grew.
Edited by Lucas, May 14 2015, 04:47 PM.